Train in Winter - used book

On an icy dawn morning in Paris in January 1943, 230 French women resisters were rounded up from the Gestapo detention camps and sent on a train to Auschwitz - the only train, in the four years of German occupation, to take women of the resistance to a death camp. The youngest was a schoolgirl of 15, the eldest a farmer's wife of 68; there were among them teachers, biochemists, sales girls, secretaries, housewives and university lecturers. Caroline Moorehead's remarkable new book is the story of these women - the first time it has been told. It is about who they were, how and why they joined the resistance, how they were captured and treated by the French police and the Gestapo, their journey to Auschwitz and their daily life in the death camps - and about what it was like for the 49 survivors when they returned to France. Six of the women were still alive in 2010 and able to tell their stories. What they had to say - and this was confirmed by the children of those who died - was that great affection and camaraderie grew up among the group. They became friends, and it was precisely this friendship that kept so many of them alive. They supported and cared for one another, worked together, shared everything, watched out for each other and faced the horror together. Friendship, almost as much as luck, dictated survival. Drawing on interviews with survivors and their families, on German, French and Polish archives, and on documents held by WW2 resistance organisations, "A Train i europe,france,history,military,politics and social sciences,women in history,women's studies,world,world war ii Politics & Social Sciences, Random House Export

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On an icy dawn morning in Paris in January 1943, 230 French women resisters were rounded up from the Gestapo detention camps and sent on a train to Auschwitz - the only train, in the four years of German occupation, to take women of the resistance to a death camp. The youngest was a schoolgirl of 15, the eldest a farmer's wife of 68; there were among them teachers, biochemists, sales girls, secretaries, housewives and university lecturers. Caroline Moorehead's remarkable new book is the story of these women - the first time it has been told. It is about who they were, how and why they joined the resistance, how they were captured and treated by the French police and the Gestapo, their journey to Auschwitz and their daily life in the death camps - and about what it was like for the 49 survivors when they returned to France. Six of the women were still alive in 2010 and able to tell their stories. What they had to say - and this was confirmed by the children of those who died - was that great affection and camaraderie grew up among the group. They became friends, and it was precisely this friendship that kept so many of them alive. They supported and cared for one another, worked together, shared everything, watched out for each other and faced the horror together. Friendship, almost as much as luck, dictated survival. Drawing on interviews with survivors and their families, on German, French and Polish archives, and on documents held by WW2 resistance organisations, "A Train i europe,france,history,military,politics and social sciences,women in history,women's studies,world,world war ii Women's Studies, Random House Export

A Story of Resistance, Friendship and Survival On an icy dawn morning in Paris in January 1943, 230 French women resisters were rounded up from the Gestapo detention camps and sent on a train to Auschwitz. The youngest was a schoolgirl of 15, the eldest a farmer`s wife of 68. This book tells the story of these women. A Train in Winter: A Story of Resistance, Friendship and Survival: On an icy dawn morning in Paris in January 1943, 230 French women resisters were rounded up from the Gestapo detention camps and sent on a train to Auschwitz. The youngest was a schoolgirl of 15, the eldest a farmer`s wife of 68. This book tells the story of these women. 2. Weltkrieg Berichte/Erinnerungen, Englisch Biografien/Erinnerungen, Chatto & Windus

[EAN: 9780701182823], [SC: 0.0], [PU: Chatto & Windus], 2. WELTKRIEG; BERICHTE/ERINNERUNGEN, ENGLISCH; BIOGRAFIEN/ERINNERUNGEN, Gebraucht - Gut - On an icy dawn morning in Paris in January 1943, 230 French women resisters were rounded up from the Gestapo detention camps and sent on a train to Auschwitz. The youngest was a schoolgirl of 15, the eldest a farmer's wife of 68. This book tells the story of these women. 384 pp. Englisch

[EAN: 9780701182823], [PU: Chatto & Windus], 2. WELTKRIEG; BERICHTE/ERINNERUNGEN, ENGLISCH; BIOGRAFIEN/ERINNERUNGEN, Gebraucht - Gut - On an icy dawn morning in Paris in January 1943, 230 French women resisters were rounded up from the Gestapo detention camps and sent on a train to Auschwitz. The youngest was a schoolgirl of 15, the eldest a farmer's wife of 68. This book tells the story of these women. 384 pp. Englisch